Google appears to be in trouble once again with its new YouTube Kids service as consumer advocacy groups filed a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission after discovering it contained "unacceptable" content. content, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The complaint, filed Tuesday by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for Digital Democracy, states that their teams discovered videos that would be "extremely disturbing and potentially harmful to young children watching them."
Η team claims to have discovered videos with sexually explicit language, jokes about pedophilia and drug use, discussions adult discussions related to violence, pornography and suicide.
One millionfaceThe FTC said the agency has received the complaints and is reviewing them.
The service YouTube Kids started it February with apps for Android and iOS in the US, and claims to offer specially selected videos that are child-friendly.
The FTC received the first complaints for the YouTube Kids service last month, when various parent groups found ads targeting children.
A Google spokesperson told the WSJ that users can flag videos they find inappropriate, and that YouTube will review them one by one to remove them. remove if necessary.
He also added that parents can disable the search function to ensure that children do not fall on inappropriate content.
However, apart from the statement of the company's representative we expect to see more robust security measures, as a child-specific service, it is unacceptable to display such content.
